Pappenheimer (and rapiers in general) hilt length

[midelburgo]

Originally Posted by 10thRoyal

These things must have been a royal pain to lug around. The number of times day they must have gotten caught on a rail or doorframe is absurd.

You know, Spanish rapier scabbards used to have a coil at the bottom and a release mechanism at the mouth, so the blade literally jumped out of the scabbard. You could have a Spaniard of 1meter 60 trying to unsheath a 1meter 20 rapier.